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October 2016

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on October 20, 2016 59 Comments
Through the course of this election cycle, Fox News has become as unwatchable as its left-leaning counter-networks and it seems I'm not the only person to make such an observation. New data from YouGov BrandIndex released Thursday explored Fox News' brand value. Long touted as the Republican alternative to network news, Fox News viewers are increasingly disenchanted with the "we report, you decide" moniker. Ad Age explains:

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 20, 2016 26 Comments
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump caused a stir during Wednesday night's debate when he said he would keep everyone "in suspense" over decision. Well, he made one today: https://twitter.com/ABC/status/789145871208161281

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2016 21 Comments
Donald Trump said at the debate that he would consider whether to accept the election results at a later date. The media and Democrats (but I repeat myself) are pretending to be apoplectic, as if Trump had violated a core principle of our democracy that no election result could be contested. The NY Times hyperventilated, Donald Trump’s Contempt for Democracy, while WaPo called it Trump’s breathtaking repudiation of American democracy. In fact, Trump "threatens" to do only what Democrats have done in the past when it comes to disputed elections:

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 20, 2016 0 Comments

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Posted by Mark Finkelstein on October 20, 2016 25 Comments
That was ugly! Today's Morning Joe offered a prime example of the notion that the bitterest political fights are the ones between members of the same party. Joe Scarborough and Bill Kristol got into a nasty spat over Kristol's accusation that in the early days of the campaign, Morning Joe had been supportive of Donald Trump, and by extension bears some responsibility for his rise. An angry Scarborough shot back "you lied!" and laid out the case that he had declared early on that he wouldn't vote for Trump, had analogized his call for a Muslim ban to Germany circa 1933, and said that Trump's reluctance to reject David Duke's endorsement was disqualifying.

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 20, 2016 16 Comments
Last week, Wikileaks published an email from then-CNN contributor Donna Brazile, now DNC chairwoman, giving the Hillary Clinton campaign a question before a town hall event. On Wednesday night, after the presidential debate, Fox News host Megyn Kelly confronted Brazile over the email. Brazile denied she did this and quickly played victim:
MEGYN KELLY: You're accused of receiving a debate question whether a CNN town hall where they partnered with TV One that you had this question on March 12th, that verbatim, verbatim was provided by Roland Martin to CNN the next day. How did you get that question, Donna? DONNA BRAZILE: Well, Kelly, as I play straight up and with you, I did not receive any questions from CNN.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on October 20, 2016 5 Comments
The stand-off between Britain and France intensifies as French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve calls Britain to take in more 'migrant children' from the Calais-based migrant encampment saying that they “want to live in the UK”. In an unconventional move, the French minister wrote a column in British newspaper The Guardian on Monday directly addressing British people and making a passionate plea on behalf of 'minors' currently camping in Calais. However, the average age of these 'minors' is 25.

Posted by Mark Finkelstein on October 20, 2016 22 Comments
Every couple of weeks, Joe Scarborough rebuilds lost conservative street cred by going on a good rant against liberals and the MSM. He did so in spades on today's Morning Joe, comprehensively crushing libs for their hypocrisy in "freaking out" over Trump's wait-and-see answer at last night's debate to the question of whether he'd accept the results of the election. Excerpts: "the media got something they can absolutely freak out about and claim that he is an agent of Vladimir Putin and destroying democracy in America and it's just another example of the media having to find a little phrase and freak out when as a Republican I have listened to Democrats talk about the only two times we won the White House in like 800 years that we stole both elections . . . hell, even Bernie Sanders supporters just six months ago were saying that Hillary Clinton was rigging the election."

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 20, 2016 9 Comments
Holy cow, this story keeps going back and forth. I'm getting whiplash. First, Wikileaks said Ecuador cut Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's internet access at its embassy in London. Then the anti-secrecy website said sources claimed Secretary of State John Kerry did it. Today the Ecuadorian government said it cut the internet to stop the website from influencing the presidential election since Wikileaks has been publishing Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta's emails. Now NBC reports that the U.S. did have a hand in the internet outage "after U.S. officials conveyed their conclusion that Assange is a willing participant in a Russian intelligence operation to undermine the U.S. presidential election."

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 19, 2016 83 Comments
I don't have a clear "who won" reaction. Trump was more subdued than usual for the first part of the debate, and he seemed to do well. He missed a huge point on the Heller decision -- which Hillary absolutely falsely described as an issue of protecting toddlers. As things heated up, Trump again scored points, particularly on the Clinton foundation and Hillary making a mess of the world. He also did well on immigration. BUT, as usual, Trump gave the media something to talk about that likely hurts him -- declining to say whether or not he would accept the outcome of the election. In a prior debate he said he would, but now no? It's all the media is going to want to talk about.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on October 19, 2016 22 Comments
Welcome to our live coverage of the third and final Hillary v. Trump showdown. Hosted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the debate will begin at 9:00 PM EST. According to The Daily Beast, "Wednesday’s program will include six segments, each 15 minutes long, in which the candidates will be asked about a myriad of topics including debt, immigration, the economy, Supreme Court appointments, and the candidates’ fitness to be president." Fox News' Chris Wallace will moderate tonight's debate.
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